MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The fund aims to increase the value of your investment over a period of 5 years or more. The fund will invest at least 70% in companies throughout Asia (excluding Japan). This region includes countries considered to be emerging markets as determined by the Investment Manager at its sole discretion. Emerging markets are countries progressing toward becoming advanced, usually shown by some development in financial markets, the existence of some form of stock exchange and a regulatory body. The companies will be either listed, incorporated, domiciled, or have significant business activities in the region. The remainder will be invested in companies outside of the region detailed above and in other investment types such as cash and derivatives. Derivatives are investments whose value is linked to another investment, or to the performance of a stock exchange or to some other variable factor, such as interest rates and used to reduce risk or transaction costs and/or to generate extra income or further increase the value of your investment. The fund is actively managed. The Investment Manager identifies suitable opportunities for the fund utilising in-house research and investment capabilities. The Investment Manager will, when selecting investments for the fund and for the purposes of monitoring risk, consider the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index. The Investment Manager has a wide degree of freedom relative to the index and may take larger, or smaller, positions in companies, and/or may invest outside the index, to take advantage of investment opportunities. This means the fund’s investments and therefore performance may vary significantly from the index. Income earned by the fund is paid into the fund and reflected by an increase in the value of each share. Shares can usually be bought and sold each business day of the fund.

Fund Managers

Teera Chanpongsang

Teera Chanpongsang joined Fidelity, Hong Kong, in 1994 as a research analyst and has covered Thailand, regional banks, and regional telecommunication stocks. In July 1998, he was promoted to country Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Funds Thailand Fund (SICAV), which he managed successfully through to September 2004.In 2004, Teera moved to London as a member of the Global Equity Team and started managing FF Global Infrastructure Fund (SICAV) as a full-time portfolio manager. He relocated back to Hong Kong in July 2007 to start Fidelity’s Emerging Asia strategy, which included the launch of FF Emerging Asia Fund (SICAV) in April 2008. Teera was also Portfolio Manager of FF India Focus Fund (SICAV) from March 2009 to 1 September 2013 and became Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Asia Fund(OEIC) on 1 January 2014.Prior to joining Fidelity, Teera worked for accountants Coopers & Lybrand and later went on to be General Manager for the Chi Cha Group Company in Thailand. Teera’s accounting background is a fundamental factor underpinning his investment process.Teera holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, USA and a BA (Hons) in Accounting from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. He is also an FE Trustnet Alpha Manager*.